*** This Week Through Your Eyes 2024.04.06 ***

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FloridaNature
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April 6, 2024, 5:22 p.m. April 6, 2024, 5:22 p.m.
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@Fireplace33 has written:

Dancing Magnolia petals
I really like the way Woodsider managed to capture the wind blowing some daffodils in a forest in one of her recent posts.
I thought I'd try something similar in my garden, and found it to be more difficult than it seemed !!
Here's my first attempt but I definitely need to try it again.
On that day the sky was quite dark and the sunlight was sometimes shining on the white petals of the Stella Magnolia, really making them stand out nicely.

Here's the first shot with almost no wind.

but when the gusts came, it took those petals on a wild dance

Does it work for you as it is ?
For the next attempt, I'll try and get something more solid and unmoving in the image as well, so you can see that it's the wind that's blowing the petals and not just a blurry shot ;-)
I'll also try with some ND filters to get the shutter speed down more easily

I really like the first one. The vivid contrast is great. The second doesn't work FOR ME at all. It is too blurry.
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davidwien
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April 6, 2024, 5:28 p.m. April 6, 2024, 5:28 p.m.
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@Fireplace33 has written:

Dancing Magnolia petals
I really like the way Woodsider managed to capture the wind blowing some daffodils in a forest in one of her recent posts.
I thought I'd try something similar in my garden, and found it to be more difficult than it seemed !!
Here's my first attempt but I definitely need to try it again.
On that day the sky was quite dark and the sunlight was sometimes shining on the white petals of the Stella Magnolia, really making them stand out nicely.

Here's the first shot with almost no wind.

but when the gusts came, it took those petals on a wild dance

Are you sure this is a magnolia. Our magnolia tree looks like this:

The petals usually fall to the ground under the influence of quite modest blasts of wind.

David
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Woodsider79
Members 628 posts

April 6, 2024, 7:32 p.m. April 6, 2024, 7:32 p.m.
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@FloridaNature has written:

@Woodsider79 has written:

@FloridaNature has written:

The first nine weeks of my retirement has been very busy. The first two of these I took during a recent camping trip with my Camera Club. The last one is a composite from my trip to the Blue Ridge Parkway last fall.

Great subject in this one, wonderful sky, but I would prefer a less tight crop, giving more sense of the space and desolation. Unless of course there's something hidden out of frame 😉

More like this? 😉

Yes, but the original tree 😁
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Woodsider79
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April 6, 2024, 7:36 p.m. April 6, 2024, 7:36 p.m.
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@davidwien has written:

@Fireplace33 has written:

Dancing Magnolia petals
I really like the way Woodsider managed to capture the wind blowing some daffodils in a forest in one of her recent posts.
I thought I'd try something similar in my garden, and found it to be more difficult than it seemed !!
Here's my first attempt but I definitely need to try it again.
On that day the sky was quite dark and the sunlight was sometimes shining on the white petals of the Stella Magnolia, really making them stand out nicely.

Here's the first shot with almost no wind.

but when the gusts came, it took those petals on a wild dance

Are you sure this is a magnolia. Our magnolia tree looks like this:

The petals usually fall to the ground under the influence of quite modest blasts of wind.

David

Definitely magnolia. Magnolia stellata, Star magnolia. Yours is a soulangiana hybrid, and rather fine too.
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Woodsider79
Members 628 posts

April 6, 2024, 7:39 p.m. April 6, 2024, 7:39 p.m.
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@Fireplace33 has written:

Dancing Magnolia petals
I really like the way Woodsider managed to capture the wind blowing some daffodils in a forest in one of her recent posts.
I thought I'd try something similar in my garden, and found it to be more difficult than it seemed !!
Here's my first attempt but I definitely need to try it again.
On that day the sky was quite dark and the sunlight was sometimes shining on the white petals of the Stella Magnolia, really making them stand out nicely.

Here's the first shot with almost no wind.

but when the gusts came, it took those petals on a wild dance

Does it work for you as it is ?
For the next attempt, I'll try and get something more solid and unmoving in the image as well, so you can see that it's the wind that's blowing the petals and not just a blurry shot ;-)
I'll also try with some ND filters to get the shutter speed down more easily

I like both 😀 Capturing the movement is tricky, needing just the right amount of wind to balance the shutter speed, and as you say, something solid to anchor the shot. I think I took about a dozen of the daffodils to get a decent one.

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NCV
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April 7, 2024, 7:23 a.m. April 7, 2024, 7:23 a.m.
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@Woodsider79 has written:

Spring Colours of the Moor

Willows and Bog Myrtle coming into flower.

This shot really shouts spring.
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NCV
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April 7, 2024, 7:27 a.m. April 7, 2024, 7:27 a.m.
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@Fireplace33 has written:

Dancing Magnolia petals
I really like the way Woodsider managed to capture the wind blowing some daffodils in a forest in one of her recent posts.
I thought I'd try something similar in my garden, and found it to be more difficult than it seemed !!
Here's my first attempt but I definitely need to try it again.
On that day the sky was quite dark and the sunlight was sometimes shining on the white petals of the Stella Magnolia, really making them stand out nicely.

Here's the first shot with almost no wind.

but when the gusts came, it took those petals on a wild dance

Does it work for you as it is ?
For the next attempt, I'll try and get something more solid and unmoving in the image as well, so you can see that it's the wind that's blowing the petals and not just a blurry shot ;-)
I'll also try with some ND filters to get the shutter speed down more easily

I actually like the first shot with no wind better. I think movement in a shot needs to be balanced with something stationary.
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Wormsmeat
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April 7, 2024, 9:16 a.m. April 7, 2024, 9:16 a.m.
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@SteveMonks has written:

An Overcast Afternoon on Holme Fell

I took some time off over Easter with the intention of getting out with the camera. Of course the weather had different ideas and has insisted on chucking it down for a large part of the week. However Thursday was forecast to be dry for most of the day, so I managed to drag myself up to Cumbria for a wander around Holme Fell.

A spectacular set. A different vibe compared to your usual scenes which I enjoyed. Good to see you experimenting with wider ratios which I feel suit landscapes. Love the quarry shots too. 4th shot is a winner.
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Wormsmeat
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April 7, 2024, 9:17 a.m. April 7, 2024, 9:17 a.m.
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@SteveMonks has written:

@Wormsmeat has written:

@SteveMonks has written:

Return of The King

There was a short lived spell of fog early one morning this week and despite my current misgivings about bothering to get out of bed, I managed to force myself up and out of the house in time to drive up to Lead Mines Clough and grab a few shots in the woods before it dispersed. Of course, once I was out and about, the fog disappeared quite quickly, but I did manage to grab this shot that I quite like of the tree I labelled as "King of The Hill" in last weeks set.

Taken with the GFX100 + 32-64 f/4.0 on a tripod. Processed from a single raw file in Capture One Pro 23.

It's a magnificent thing. Does it have a poster on it?

You mean the white thing on the right hand side? No, that's a tree behind it that's had the moss stripped off it, presumably by the local Roe Deer population. I hadn't spotted that before, it's going to bug me now.

Ha! I do that to people.
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Wormsmeat
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April 7, 2024, 9:20 a.m. April 7, 2024, 9:20 a.m.
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@Fireplace33 has written:

Dancing Magnolia petals
I really like the way Woodsider managed to capture the wind blowing some daffodils in a forest in one of her recent posts.
I thought I'd try something similar in my garden, and found it to be more difficult than it seemed !!
Here's my first attempt but I definitely need to try it again.
On that day the sky was quite dark and the sunlight was sometimes shining on the white petals of the Stella Magnolia, really making them stand out nicely.

Here's the first shot with almost no wind.

but when the gusts came, it took those petals on a wild dance

Does it work for you as it is ?
For the next attempt, I'll try and get something more solid and unmoving in the image as well, so you can see that it's the wind that's blowing the petals and not just a blurry shot ;-)
I'll also try with some ND filters to get the shutter speed down more easily

I prefer the dark blue contrast of the first. I think a tighter framed view might work, creating a subliminal feel. Or including something static as a reference to let the eye know the movement is intentional. (Oh, just noticed you already mentioned that).

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Wormsmeat
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April 7, 2024, 9:21 a.m. April 7, 2024, 9:21 a.m.
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@davidwien has written:

@Fireplace33 has written:

Dancing Magnolia petals
I really like the way Woodsider managed to capture the wind blowing some daffodils in a forest in one of her recent posts.
I thought I'd try something similar in my garden, and found it to be more difficult than it seemed !!
Here's my first attempt but I definitely need to try it again.
On that day the sky was quite dark and the sunlight was sometimes shining on the white petals of the Stella Magnolia, really making them stand out nicely.

Here's the first shot with almost no wind.

but when the gusts came, it took those petals on a wild dance

Are you sure this is a magnolia. Our magnolia tree looks like this:

The petals usually fall to the ground under the influence of quite modest blasts of wind.

David

Magnolia Stellata
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davidwien
Foundation 1506 posts

April 7, 2024, 9:39 a.m. April 7, 2024, 9:39 a.m.
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@Woodsider79 has written:

@davidwien has written:

@Fireplace33 has written:

Dancing Magnolia petals
I really like the way Woodsider managed to capture the wind blowing some daffodils in a forest in one of her recent posts.
I thought I'd try something similar in my garden, and found it to be more difficult than it seemed !!
Here's my first attempt but I definitely need to try it again.
On that day the sky was quite dark and the sunlight was sometimes shining on the white petals of the Stella Magnolia, really making them stand out nicely.

Here's the first shot with almost no wind.

but when the gusts came, it took those petals on a wild dance

Are you sure this is a magnolia. Our magnolia tree looks like this:

The petals usually fall to the ground under the influence of quite modest blasts of wind.

David

Definitely magnolia. Magnolia stellata, Star magnolia. Yours is a soulangiana hybrid, and rather fine too.

Thanks for the explanation: I have never knowingly seen your variety.

Davi
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Fireplace33
Members 873 posts

April 8, 2024, 4:43 p.m. April 8, 2024, 4:43 p.m.
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@FloridaNature has written:

The first nine weeks of my retirement has been very busy. The first two of these I took during a recent camping trip with my Camera Club. The last one is a composite from my trip to the Blue Ridge Parkway last fall.

This one is really colourful with the red and green complimenting each other nicely and the dark blue/black of the water sitting in the middle
Going into retirement just recently sound like a nice situation, and I can imagine it feels like a busy time :-)
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Fireplace33
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April 8, 2024, 4:45 p.m. April 8, 2024, 4:45 p.m.
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@Wormsmeat has written:

I'd have liked more time to get work on camera settings here but got dragged away by the family. A quick grab shot which, despite needing a faster shutter speed and a longer lens (heavily cropped), still captured their athleticism. Thailand.

lots of action in that shot !!!
...sort of nicely balanced with the two performers and two onlookers
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Fireplace33
Members 873 posts

April 8, 2024, 4:47 p.m. April 8, 2024, 4:47 p.m.
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@SteveMonks has written:

Return of The King

There was a short lived spell of fog early one morning this week and despite my current misgivings about bothering to get out of bed, I managed to force myself up and out of the house in time to drive up to Lead Mines Clough and grab a few shots in the woods before it dispersed. Of course, once I was out and about, the fog disappeared quite quickly, but I did manage to grab this shot that I quite like of the tree I labelled as "King of The Hill" in last weeks set.

Taken with the GFX100 + 32-64 f/4.0 on a tripod. Processed from a single raw file in Capture One Pro 23.

Yes, it does have a certain majesty!
Very well framed shot, the fog is helping here too
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Fireplace33
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April 8, 2024, 4:49 p.m. April 8, 2024, 4:49 p.m.
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@Vahur has written:

Foggy morning encounter

Last sunday when I walked on foggy coast I saw something moving on washed to shore seaweed. At first I thought that it was crow, but when I checked through my camera then I saw small critter instead. When it got nearer then I realized that it was mink, american mink. It is invasive specie, pushing native european mink out. Only on second biggest island here american mink was hunted out and european mink from zoo reintroduced, so there is at least one place where native mink lives in nature. Anyway, it came quite close, maybe to 20 meters, without realizing me standing there. After it saw me, it seemed to evaluate way past me along water line or from land side, but there was walkway where people quite often walked with dogs, so it decided to take chance and finally run along waterline, passing me from distance of 5 meters.
I think I saw same specie (or even same animal) last year in one evening, sitting on the road. But it was dark and from great distance, and all the shots I got were blurry and not in focus, as animal run into bushed soon after I saw it, so I was not quite sure, if it was mink or otter or beaver or some other animal...

Can't be too careful

It it dangerous or safe, wonder I?

He's a real cute character.
Very nicely captured!
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Fireplace33
Members 873 posts

April 8, 2024, 5:19 p.m. April 8, 2024, 5:19 p.m.
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@Woodsider79 has written:

Spring Colours of the Moor

Willows and Bog Myrtle coming into flower.

Lovely fresh spring colours here!
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Fireplace33
Members 873 posts

April 8, 2024, 5:26 p.m. April 8, 2024, 5:26 p.m.
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@Woodsider79 has written:

@davidwien has written:

@Fireplace33 has written:

Dancing Magnolia petals
I really like the way Woodsider managed to capture the wind blowing some daffodils in a forest in one of her recent posts.
I thought I'd try something similar in my garden, and found it to be more difficult than it seemed !!
Here's my first attempt but I definitely need to try it again.
On that day the sky was quite dark and the sunlight was sometimes shining on the white petals of the Stella Magnolia, really making them stand out nicely.

Here's the first shot with almost no wind.

but when the gusts came, it took those petals on a wild dance

Are you sure this is a magnolia. Our magnolia tree looks like this:

The petals usually fall to the ground under the influence of quite modest blasts of wind.

David

Definitely magnolia. Magnolia stellata, Star magnolia. Yours is a soulangiana hybrid, and rather fine too.

I have three sorts of Magnolia trees in my garden :-)
The white Star Magnolia, pictured in my original shot is the very first to flower in early spring, then the classic pink one like yours flowers, and later a darker almost purple one that usually flowers much later in the early summer.
However, this year is crazy and they are all flowering at the same time !!!
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Fireplace33
Members 873 posts

April 8, 2024, 5:28 p.m. April 8, 2024, 5:28 p.m.
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@NCV has written:

@Fireplace33 has written:

Dancing Magnolia petals
I really like the way Woodsider managed to capture the wind blowing some daffodils in a forest in one of her recent posts.
I thought I'd try something similar in my garden, and found it to be more difficult than it seemed !!
Here's my first attempt but I definitely need to try it again.
On that day the sky was quite dark and the sunlight was sometimes shining on the white petals of the Stella Magnolia, really making them stand out nicely.

Here's the first shot with almost no wind.

but when the gusts came, it took those petals on a wild dance

Does it work for you as it is ?
For the next attempt, I'll try and get something more solid and unmoving in the image as well, so you can see that it's the wind that's blowing the petals and not just a blurry shot ;-)
I'll also try with some ND filters to get the shutter speed down more easily

I actually like the first shot with no wind better. I think movement in a shot needs to be balanced with something stationary.

Yes indeed, That will be part of my next experiments with this type of windy shot
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davidwien
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April 8, 2024, 6:13 p.m. April 8, 2024, 6:13 p.m.
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At this point I decided that visit to Wikipedia was in order, where I learn that there are actually over 200 species...

The article is worth reading and has some find photos.

David
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Woodsider79
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April 8, 2024, 8:43 p.m. April 8, 2024, 8:43 p.m.
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@davidwien has written:

At this point I decided that visit to Wikipedia was in order, where I learn that there are actually over 200 species...

The article is worth reading and has some find photos.

David

Magnolias are one of my favourite groups of trees, especially since they have such an ancient lineage. I used to fantasise about creating a 'Cretaceous Glade' in my previous garden (in response to Jurassic Park😉) but never got around to planting more than just one magnolia. That one was one of the newer creamy yellow flowered garden hybrids, 'Elizabeth' I think, which managed to produce its first flower the year we sold the place 😀 😪